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Defending his efforts to halt the Iranian nuclear threat, President Barack Obama said Sunday that the economic sanctions against the country have had "enormous bite," and that he is united with Russian and Chinese leaders in ensuring Iran does not develop an…

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Two defectors from Iran’s intelligence service have testified that
Iranian officials knew in advance about the attacks of September 11,
2001, says a US court filing that seeks damages for Iran’s ”direct
support for, and sponsorship of, the most deadly act of terrorism in
American history”.…

Congressional Republicans and Democrats warned Pakistan on Tuesday
that billions of dollars in American aid are at stake if Islamabad
doesn't step up its efforts against terrorists, a clear sign of the
growing exasperation after the U.S. takedown of Osama bin Laden deep
inside Pakistan.

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran acknowledged Tuesday it has been sending funds to neighboring Afghanistan for years, but said the money was intended to aid reconstruction, not to buy influence in the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Karzai said Monday he receives millions of dollars in cash from Iran, …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first atomic power plant on Tuesday, moving closer to the start up of a facility that leaders have touted as defying of international efforts to curtail the country's nuclear ambitions.

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that once or twice a year Iran gives his office $700,000 to $975,000 for official presidential expenses - and that Washington also provides "bags of money" because his office lacks funds.

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has imposed new restrictions on 12 university social sciences deemed to be based on Western schools of thought and therefore incompatible with Islamic teachings, state radio reported Sunday.

The list includes law, philosophy, management, psychology, political science and the two…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – As American and Saudi officials spent months quietly hammering out a wish list for a mammoth sale of American warplanes and other weapons to the oil-rich kingdom, leaders in Iran were busy publicly displaying their advances in missiles, naval craft and air power.

TEHRAN, Iran – The leaders of Iran and Venezuela hailed what they called their strong strategic relationship on Wednesday, saying they are united in efforts to establish a "new world order" that will eliminate Western dominance over global affairs.

Iran's rulers must compromise with opposition figures to avoid a
worsening of the political turmoil, the son of the late dissident
cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri said in comments released on Saturday.

In an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine, Said Montazeri said he hoped I…